[Alberta's Child]

Actually, you're overlooking an important aspect of the parable of the Good Samaritan. That parable wasn't intended to elevate strangers and outcasts among the Pharisees at the time. The parable is an allegory, and in that parable the Good Samaritan is Jesus Christ Himself. In His own subtle way, Christ uses that parable to illustrate the limitations of the Old Law. The Samaritan -- who was an outcast among the Jews at the time -- brought salvation to the human race in its fallen state (represented by the injured traveler who had been waylaid by bandits). The priest and the Levite walked past the injured traveler because they were incapable of saving him (i.e., bestowing grace on them).

[kjam22]

I agree that if you take the parable out of context, that will be your primary understanding.